Holiday Inn Express in California Reopens

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PALO ALTO, CA—IHG recently opened the Holiday Inn Express Hotel Mountain View – S Palo Alto. The three-story, 46-room hotel adds to the IHG portfolio in the Mountain View and Palo Alto areas and is opening after significant investments of more than $1 million in renovations by the ownership.

The Holiday Inn Express Mountain View – S Palo Alto is owned and managed by RPK Investment is franchised by an affiliate of IHG. The relaunch continues to drive increased quality and consistency across the global portfolio.

The renovated hotel is designed with the Holiday Inn brand family’s $1-billion global brand relaunch in mind. The hotel features a contemporary image with emphasis on arrival and welcome services, guestroom and guest bath comfort and a redesigned logo and signage.

Roshan Patel, general manager of the hotel, said in a statement, “Our hotel is in close proximity to the many technology companies in the Mountain View and Palo Alto areas and very convenient for business travelers to the area.”

The hotel is located just a mile and a half from numerous prominent technology companies. Nearby attractions also include the Levi’s Stadium—the new home of the San Francisco 49ers—and the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley.

HX: The Hotel Experience Has Its Own Story to Tell
The Hotel Business team just returned from this year’s HX: The Hotel Experience, which was held in New York City at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. As we usually do post-event, we talk amongst ourselves about trends we noticed at the show, held in conjunction with BDNY. And while the latter—and now larger—show was abundant with design trends (let’s just say blue seemed the prevalent color; bold, geometric forms the dominant shape; and metallics a common thread…pun intended!), the more traditional “hotel” side of the convention center had its own story to tell.